Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-24
RIPE FOR REVOLT.
THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND BxAsPERAfED By
THB JUBILEE.
British Cabinet Hastily Samnoasd 10 COand9 As
Anglo-fprkih Convention -Ramorsd Seis-
us Of Prominent Balsarians-
General fcrsign News.

Queens Jubilee celebration upon Catholic
Ireland has been something akin TO that
produced by Haunting red flag in the face
Of an already exaspented bull. The ex-
citement aroused by the impending passage
and enforcement Of the Coercion act had
spread to all parts Of the country and was
intense and ill-concealed, but the rejoicings
in London and throughout England and
Scotland have awakened Numbering pas-
sions and unlashei those which were only
held in check by the restraining influence
OF some trusted leader or by the absence Of
q provocative. Already the murmurings
of the people, the portentious import Of
which was well understood by the local au-
thorities, have penetrated the precincts Of
Dublin castle, whose official occupants have
hitherto been deaf 10 warnings, and the
feeling Of apprehension which has arisen
in the breasts Of the underlings Of the Irish
executive system is shared by their super
iors. Hundreds Of disturbances growing
out Of causes far removed from differences
between landlord and tenant are now re-
ported where, within q corresponding
length Of time, ten would have been ths
maximum number few weeks ago, and
the attempts which are made in many
places by Orangemen and Others TO hold
demonstrations commemorative OF tho
jubilee, have brought into direct collision
with the authorities men who have hero
tofore stood in relation to the police a. con-
servors Of the peace, and, to that extent,
allies Of the government Even merchants,
lawyers, doctors, and others, whose social,
business and professional connections have
debarred them, through motives Of policy,
from giving expressions Of their feelings,
now find themselves impelled by tho
strong and fast-increasing tide Of public
e1asperation 10 indulge In
OUTsroKEN pENuScIATIoSs
Of the crimes act, and to inveigh against
the pharasaical actions Of the Queens
statesmen in giving Her Majesty credit for
gracious, generous aud humane deeds.
Hundreds Of signs indicating the temper Of
the people can be seen with half an eye In
any part of Ireland, and where six weeks
ago a great number Of influential men
could have been found who would have
raised their voices against violence there
can now be met but few who would at
tempt to dissusde the pcasantry from
obeying the call Of leader TO armed strife
Nor is there scarcity yofleaders. Mr.. o. Briep.
Mr.. Dillon, Mr.. Davitt, Mr. Sexton and
many Others foremost in platform and par
liamefitary agitation, may and very likely
will be arrested and confined In jail before
the coercion law has been in force fort
night. They are not the leaders the pres
ent disposition OF the people demands.
The captains Of the men whose despcra-
tion is at the point Of sanguinary revolt arc
among those who have been
CAST OUT or THEIR HOMES
upon the roadside, and whose suferings
are identical with those Of their followers,
men who have spent years la calculating
the chances Of the success Of an uprising,
and, as time has rolled on, finding them
selves each year with less TO lose and more
TO gain, have become reconciled TO smaller
chances than would have satisfied them at
the outset. Of such men there are plenty
and Of guns there IL an abundance, despite
the delusion Of the castle authorities and
the London government that the Irish pco-
pie are almost wholly without weapons
They are not, 10 bcsure, of the latest aud
most improved pattern, but they still pos
sess the capacity 10 pink" q landlord st
long range, or wing bailiff at hundred
yards. IL only needed the jubilee 70 stir
the peasantry into action. and unless wise
counsel and assurances Of ample compsn-
sating advantages are speedily given 70 The
inhabitants Of that country by those In
whom they have fall confidence, the storm
will break before the crimes act has been
in force week, II IL does not come sooner.